Notable Twin Cities: 5/6–5/12

Sunday 5/6: Cindy Senarighi will be signing copies of her book Yogadevotion: Practicing in the Presence. Barnes & Noble Roseville, 2 p.m., free.

Joan Hicks Boone will be presenting The Best Girl. Cannon River Winery, 2 p.m., free.

Monday 5/7: Author Jimmy Patiño will discuss his new book Raza Sí, Migra No, which explores the rise of the Chicano/Mexicano movement and the struggle for human rights as immigration from Mexico to the United States grew significantly during the 1970s and 1980s. East Side Freedom Library, 7 p.m., free.

Join Kai Carlson-Wee and Gretchen Marquette for an evening of poetry. Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 7 p.m., free.

Tuesday 5/8: Cary Griffith presents Gunflint Burning: Fire in the Boundary Waters. Common Good Books, 7 p.m., free.

Sally Helgesen presents How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job. Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 7 p.m., free.

Wednesday 5/9: Come celebrate the release of Trans Sex Zine: Volume Two. A night of storytelling, art, and show-and-tell about sex, bodies, relationships, and desire by and for trans and gender nonconforming folks across the spectrum. All are welcome! Moon Palace Books, 7 p.m., free.

Thursday 5/10: May’s Books and Bars is a monthly book discussion and live show, centered on All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood. Moon Palace Books, 7 p.m., free.

Friday 5/11: Local authors Shannon Gibney and Courtney Yasmineh will be reading from their work as part of the Banfill-Locke 2018 Reading Series. Banfill Locke Center For the Arts, 7:30 p.m., free.

Saturday 5/12: Actress, fashion designer, and author Ashley Eckstein will be having a discussion, Q&A and signing for her new book It’s Your Universe. Barnes & Noble Roseville, 2 p.m., free but voucher needed.

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Abby Anderson is a fiction writer and an MFA candidate at Hamline University. She lives in Minneapolis with an extra large cat, many books, and lots of crap from estate sales.

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